Automatic match-box.



W. A. CARTER. AUTOMATIC MATCH BOX. APPLICATION FILED JAN.'23, 1909.

Patented Oct. 12, 1909.

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WILLIAM A. CARTER, 0F GOOD GROUND, NEN YORK.

AUTOMATIC MATCH-BOX.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLMM A. CARTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Good Ground, Long Island, and State of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvement-s in Automatic Match- Boxes,of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in matchboxes and has for its object to provide a neat, light, and simplyoperated match box so constructed that when a match is removed from thebox, the same will be ignited.

Other objects and advantages will be apparent from the followingdescription and it should be understood that changes in the specificstructure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claimswithout departing from the spiritof the invention.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specifica-tion and in whichlike numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views,Figure 1 is a central sectional view of a match box embodying myinvention, Fig. 2 is an edge view of the match box with the operatingknob removed, Fig. 3, is a transverse sectional view on line3 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the aim of my invention I employ a suitable matchreceiving receptacle 10 made of sheet metal. This receptacle is of alength slightly longer than the matches to be held therein, and has oneof its longitudinal ends bent outward to form two spaced narrow wallsections marked 12 and disclosed in Fig. 3. The receptacle 10l adjacentthese wall sections 12 end in the form of two obliquely held wallportions as is shown at 11 in Fig. 3. The portion 17 uniting these wallportions 12 is slotted approximately two-thirds of its length asdisclosed at 14 in Fig. 1. The sections 12 and 17 form a match receivingchannel adapted to receive but one match at a time, as is disclosed inFig. 1, where a match is shown in a position just previous to beingdelivered.

The receptacle near its lower end is provided with a bottom 27, as shownin Fig. 1. Held to the receptacle adjacent to the match receivingchannel and at the lower end of the receptacle, is a cylindrical springreceiving housing provided with the top 31 and the bottom 32, whileextending from this Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 23, 1909.

Patented (bot. 12, 1909.

serial No. 473,912.

housing are two securing flanges 1G which are secured upon the channelforming portion 12 of the receptacle, as disclosed in Fig. 3. As shownin Fig. 2 this cylindrical housing 30 is provided with a longitudinallydisposed slot 25, which below is recurved is shown at 2G, forming whatis known as a bayonet slot. Held within this spring housing 30 is acircular plate 21, which is provided with a narrow neck portion 13 asdisclosed in Fig. 3, from which extends the dished nib 2O extending intothe match channel as clearly disclosed in Fig. 3. The nib 20, asdisclosed in Fig. 1 is provided below with a supporting web 19. This nibserves as a pusher and receives the lower end of the match as the sameis expelled from the receptacle.

. Held within the cylindrical housing 30 is a coil spring 35, the upperend of which normally presses against the plate 21, as disclosed inFig. 1. This plate 21 is provided with a downwardly extending portion 36as disclosed in Fig. 1 from which extends a pin 22, this pin beingprovided with an operat` ing knob 23, as clearly disclosed. The plate 21is normally held in alinement with the bottom 27 of the receptacle asdisclosed. In its retractile position, the plate 21 is held by means ofthe stem 22 which locks within the recurved end 2G of the bayonet slot.

The match box is provided with a cap 40 secured by means of a hinge 41which has the angle ear 42 engaging the spring 43 so that. this cap willbe held in a spring closed condition, as is usual in devices of thisclass.

The cap 40, in alinement with the match channel is providedwith anescape opening 44 and held adjacent to this escape opening 44 is thescratcher plate 40 while secured to the cap 40 at a point opposite thisscratcher plate is the spring 45 also having a rough or abrasivesurface. This spring' closing the escape opening 44 within the cap 40.

The receptacle having been charged with suitable matches, the operationof the device is as follows The receptacle is tilted so that a matchwill drop into the match receiving channel of t-he receptacle. In thisposition the pushing nib 2O will come below the end of the match asdisclosed in Fig. 1. The operating knob 23 is then taken out of the slot26 and the spring 35 will propel the plate 21 upward within thecylindrical housing 30. This movement of the plate will result in thematch being carried between the scratcher or igniting members 45 and4W,- and escaping t-hrough the opening t in a lighted or ignitedcondition. The match will project beyond the lid or cap 40 a suitabledistance so that the saine may be grasped below the burning end thereof.

' Having described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is l. A match holding`receptacle, having one of its longitudinal ends bent outward to form twospaced narrow wall sections united by a bottom forming section, thesesections providing a match receiving channel, the lower portion of saidchannel being provided with a longitudinally disposed slot, of acylindrical spring receiving housing of a length less than saidreceptacle having two spaced securing flanges fixed to the channelforining portion of said receptacle, said cylindrical housing having alongitudinally disposed bayonet slot, a bottom within said receptacleand positioned near the lower end thereof, the end of said bayonet slotending proximal to said bottoni, a plate slidably held within saidcylindrical housing having a dished nib extending into said matchreceiving channel, an operating pin projecting from said plate andthrough said bayonet slot, and a spring within said spring receivinghousing and resting against said plate, all arranged substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. A match holding` receptacle having one of its longitudinal ends bentoutward to form a match receiving channel, the lower portion of saidchannel being provided with a longitudinally disposed slot, of acylindrical spring receiving housing of a length less than saidreceptacle having two spaced receiving flanges fixed to the channelforming portion of said receptacle, said cylindrical housing having alongitudinally disposed bayonet slot, a bottom within said receptacleand positioned near the lower end thereof, the end of said bayonet slotending proximal to said bottom, a plate slidably held within saidcylindrical housing having a dished nib extending into said matchreceiving channel, an operating pin projecting from said plate andthrough said bayonet slot, a spring wit-h` in said spring receivinghousing and pressing against said plate and a spring held scrat-cher atthe end of said channel.

ln testimony whereof I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM A. CARTER. Witnesses H. D. OLIVER, JAS. J. BRUMLEY.

